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Incident Report – 02/28/2018
249 Elm St, Lancaster, PA 17602

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Summary

On February 28, 2018, Lancaster City Bureau of Fire responded to a fire incident at 249 Elm St, Lancaster, PA 17602, a non-mixed use, 1-or-2 family dwelling.

The alarm was received at 12:53 PM, 15 suppression personnel arrived at 12:56 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 3:02 PM. The time to arrive was 3 minutes and the total incident time was 9 minutes.

The following actions were taken during the incident: extinguish, search, and forcible entry.

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Location

Type Street address
Address 249 Elm St, Lancaster, PA 17602
County Lancaster County
State PA
City LANCASTER
Zip Code 17602
Mixed Use Not mixed use
Property Use 1 or 2 family dwelling
Census Tract 006003
Detector Alerted Occupants Detector did not alert occupants

Timeline

  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 3 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 9 minutes

Response

Incident Type Building fires
Department Station 1
Mutual Aid Given/Received None
Resources Include Mutual Aid No
Shift D
Alarms 1
District TRU

Personnel

Support Personnel 15
EMS Personnel 0
Other Personnel 0

Fire Department

Name Lancaster City Bureau of Fire
Department Type Career
Address 100 S Queen St
STE 103
Lancaster, PA 17603-5368
Phone (717) 291-4866

Actions Taken

First Action Taken Extinguish
Second Action Taken Search
Third Action Taken Forcible entry

Losses *

Property Loss $100
Contents Loss $50
Property Value $75,000
Contents Value $1,500
  • Losses are approximate and are considered less reliable than other data elements per NFIRS fire data analysis guidelines.

Metadata

Incident Key PA_36064_02282018_0000476_0
State Pennsylvania
Fire Department ID 36064
Incident Date 02/28/2018
Incident Number 0000476
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

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Ignition

Area of Origin Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room
Heat Source Undetermined
Item First Ignited Wearing apparel not on a person
Confined To Origin Fire Spread was Confined to Object of Origin
Type of Material Fabric, fiber, cotton, blends, rayon, wool
Cause of Ignition Intentional
Factor Contributing To Ignition Misuse of material or product, other

Spread

No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown No

Structure

Not Residential No
Number of Residential Units 2
Number of Buildings Involved 0
Structure Type Enclosed building
Structure Status In normal use
Building Height: Stories Above Grade 2
Building Height: Stories Below Grade 1
Total Square Feet 2000 sqft

Number of Stories With Damage

Story of Fire Origin 1
Number of Stories with Damage: Minor 0
Number of Stories with Damage: Significant 0
Number of Stories with Damage: Heavy 0
Number of Stories with Damage: Extreme 0

Acres

Acres Burned 0
Less Than One Acre No

Automatic Extinguishing System

AES Presence None Present

Detector

Detector Presence None Present

Arson Report

Case Status Investigation closed with arrest

Property

Availability of Material First Ignited Available at Scene
Entry Method Door forced or broken
Extent of Fire Involvement on Arrival Smoke only showing
Property Ownership Private

Initial Observations

Initial Observation Fire Department Forced Entry

Suspected Motivation Factors

Suspected Motivation Factor Unknown motivation

Suspected Group Involvement

Apparent Group Involvement No group involvement, acted alone

Incendiary Devices

Incendiary Device: Container No Container
Incendiary Device: Ignition/Delay Device No device
Incendiary Device: Fuel Ordinary combustibles

Other Investigative Information

Other Investigative Information Code violations
Other Investigative Information Illicit drug activity

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